What Is The Weather Today II (No Mercury Jockeying)

[Metro-One]

Originally Posted by Nicko999

28C with a humidex of 34 and a mix of sun and clouds. A bit more cloud cover today but decent summer day nonetheless.

Low of 22C (humidex of 30) this morning. At this point, it's a typical tropical night.

The warmspot was Lytton, BC at 42.0C.

Warmest low was Trois-Rivieres, QC at 22.6C.



I found my list of warmest months in Canadian history.

https://skyscraperpage.com/forum/sho...ostcount=24060

Thanks for digging that up!

We'll see what happens, but those are some tough records to beat. Either way this will be a notable month.

I also love how nonchalant the hot spot of Lytton with 42.0 was posted today.

It seems any other time that would have been huge, but these numbers don't seem to impress anymore like they once did.

Today the BC interior had several 40+ highs again:

Kamloops, Ashcroft and Lillooet were all 40.5

And, as already mentioned, Lytton was 42.0

This is Lytton's 3rd time hitting 42+ this summer!

[Marty_Mcfly]

Originally Posted by giallo

That's insane. Can't you open the windows, and get a cross draft? Having the inside of your building 13c higher than outside, when outside is only in the low 20s, is madness.

I'd imagine everything built in the last decade or so isn't like this?

Buildings constructed or mass renovated in the last 20'ish years have adequate HVAC and AC. I think SHH works in an older building so they're probably lacking in the AC department, but it's kind of funny seeing them close for what's essentially a decent summer day lol.

Currently cloudy and 22 (humidex 30, dew point 20) at just before 11. Highs near 30 this afternoon, but unless the clouds clear out we won't hit those highs.

[MonctonRad]

22C (humidex 30) in Moncton at 11 AM, very humid, with near continual shower activity this morning. There is a severe thunderstorm watch in effect. The atmosphere is quite unstable.

[Airboy]

The building that I had worked on from the 60s that were renovated never had AC but had operable windows.

Howere if the night time temperatures were to high you could not get the mass cooling effect. Some buildings added split ACs for key areas. But most buildings here have a cooling system now.

I was outside on the deck until midnight last night. Hot and humid , Highs in the mid to high 20s. So most facilities could not take advantage of free cooling.

[megadude]

Two days ago these streets were under water. The lake should be a nice blue colour. It’s still recovering.

[Xelebes]

Originally Posted by Airboy

The building that I had worked on from the 60s that were renovated never had AC but had operable windows.

Howere if the night time temperatures were to high you could not get the mass cooling effect. Some buildings added split ACs for key areas. But most buildings here have a cooling system now.

I was outside on the deck until midnight last night. Hot and humid , Highs in the mid to high 20s. So most facilities could not take advantage of free cooling.

Was struggling to get any cooking done. Decided to do my cooking at 2 in the morning. This is rough. Don't have options to have AC installed in my apartment so instead I bought a hat and more water bottles that I could freeze.

[giallo]

Kelowna is looking at 42c on Monday. My poor parents. All they have is a portable AC unit in the family room. They should have installed AC pre-COVID when you could get it done for $15k. Now it's between $25k-$40k. My dad was convinced that he could forever cool the house down using strategically-placed fans and opening and closing windows and blinds throughout the day.

This kind of heat gets a lot more difficult to deal with in your 70s. It doesn't pay to be cheap.

[Denscity]

Yesterday in Castlegar BC 38.5C

37 38 39 41 38 36 33

[Denscity]

Originally Posted by Metro-One

Thanks for digging that up!

We'll see what happens, but those are some tough records to beat. Either way this will be a notable month.

I also love how nonchalant the hot spot of Lytton with 42.0 was posted today.

It seems any other time that would have been huge, but these numbers don't seem to impress anymore like they once did.

Today the BC interior had several 40+ highs again:

Kamloops, Ashcroft and Lillooet were all 40.5

And, as already mentioned, Lytton was 42.0

This is Lytton's 3rd time hitting 42+ this summer!

Ya if there was a 42C somewhere in the East there would be two and half pages of discussion on it. But because it was BC its just us locals.

[Denscity]

Lots of lightning last night in the Nelson and Nakusp areas. Some new forest fires have started as a result and the air is a bit blue around here as a result.

[MonctonRad]

Originally Posted by Denscity

Ya if there was a 42C somewhere in the East there would be two and half pages of discussion on it. But because it was BC its just us locals.

Nicko will be excited.

For the rest of us, extreme dry heat in the BC interior seems to be a normal summertime phenomenon (at least now it is). We did all pay attention to Lytton when it burned.

In the east, it's the humidity and not the heat that is problematic. We've had humidex reading in Moncton this year several times teetering on the 40C equivalent mark.

[mcminsen]

I made this post about a year ago. I dug it up from the old archived weather thread.

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July 17 '23

If you're desperate enough, have a 20 minute soak in a cool bath.
Nothing is faster or more effective than immersion to alter your core body temperature.
Even a little bit and you'll feel much better.

That's the only way I got through the last two summers before I got my portable air conditioner.
I hate baths but was willing to try it as I was feeling ill from the onset of heatstroke.

If you try it, don't torture yourself by getting into a cold bath.
Start lukewarm so you can just get in and get immersed as much as possible.

After you're used to it, run some cold water and get the water as cool as you can stand.
Stay immersed for at least twenty minutes.
It takes at least that much time to alter your core temperature.

You'll feel restored and refreshed after and you'll probably be good for a few hours.

[Denscity]

Originally Posted by MonctonRad

Nicko will be excited.

For the rest of us, extreme dry heat in the BC interior seems to be a normal summertime phenomenon (at least now it is). We did all pay attention to Lytton when it burned.

In the east, it's the humidity and not the heat that is problematic. We've had humidex reading in Moncton this year several times teetering on the 40C equivalent mark.

Ha that's just it he posted the 42C figure like it was nothing. Which is what Metro commented on.
Meanwhile 2 weeks ago when there was a heat wave in the East it went on for at least 2 pages while being way cooler than 42C.

[RHINO]

Kamloops is very warm... so very warm now for like 10 days ( all that complaining I did has come back to bite me ).

Currently +40c with some smoke but mostly sunny skies.
Some networks say +38c, some say +39 some say +41. But here in our building it reads +40 out side.

[Architype]

Lovely day in St. John's almost 30°C.




my photos July 18 2024

[giallo]

^ Beautiful

24c downtown by the water. Beautiful day.

I hadn't been downtown with the camera for a couple of weeks, so I was a bit of a shutter bug today.

[Nicko999]

24C with a humidex of 26 and mainly sunny. Definately milder after the cold front, the tropical feeling is gone.



Low of 19C this morning.

The warmspot was Kamloops, BC at 39.3C.

Warmest low was Lillooet, BC at 25.0C. Impressive.

Consecutive day #15 of low above 18C for Montreal, ties the all-time record. Doesn't look like we will break the record though as it is cooler tonight (19C already at 11PM).
images upload
https://x.com/YUL_Weather/status/181...055448/photo/1

[Justanothermember]

Anyone who gets super excited so see +40C temps is basically saying they enjoy seeing towns and cities burn to the ground. These temps are not good for Canada whatsoever.

[mcminsen]

Sunny, warm, dry. With a nice breeze.

Thursday's high at Vancouver Harbour was 27 C (32 C w/Humidex), the low was 19 C.





Downtown Vancouver, July 18 '24, my pics
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[Xelebes]

Originally Posted by Justanothermember

Anyone who gets super excited so see +40C temps is basically saying they enjoy seeing towns and cities burn to the ground. These temps are not good for Canada whatsoever.

Can agree. The number of heat exhaustion events is a cause for concern. It was on Tuesday, I saw somebody get hauled out of their workplace by ambulance adjacent to my house because they collapsed from heat exhaustion. This stuff kills.